Hoboken to Boston: From One Dirty River to Another
by Christopher M. Halleron originally published April 17, 2013 As a columnist in the New York Metro area, you tend to feed the beast. I’ve…
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Hoboken Unveils Plans for Moat
April 1, 2013—(HOBOKEN, NJ) Citing a need to mitigate flooding and water issues, compounded by increasing concerns over quality of life and public safety issues,…
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT: Fleeing Nazi Persecution, Manfred Gans Fought His Way Back to Liberate His Own Family
by Christopher M. Halleron (Photo above by Robert Wagner, additional images courtesy of the Gans Family) "Honor your father and your mother, so that your…
FACES: Todd Kinney — Volunteer at the Hoboken Shelter
by Lindsey Titus (née Zahuranec) Sporting a faded band T-shirt, goatee, and shoulder-length hair, 41 year-old Hoboken resident Todd Kinney looks like the sort of…
Italian-Jewish Gay Pride Parade Set to Replace Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day
Citing concerns that last month’s LepreCon and Hoboken Irish Cultural Festival were still “too Irish,” Hoboken has taken steps to introduce an Italian-Jewish Gay Pride…
THE MILE SCARED: Haunted Hoboken’s Harrowing History of Murder, Mayhem and Melancholia
by Christopher M. Halleron Generally I’m a skeptical person—I believe the Loch Ness Monster is a well-fed cormorant, I believe the Chupacabra is a coyote…
THE REAL CLASS WARFARE OF NEW JERSEY
by Christopher M. Halleron Last week I saw a dirty “denim designer diaper” on the sidewalk next to a parked BMW, which proves that people…
Hoboken Unveils Plans for Commuter Zip-Line
UPDATED: October 7, 2015 We here at hMAG first ran this article as an April Fool's piece back in 2011—right after Governor Christie shot down…
Giorgio’s Bakery: Shhhhhh… Don’t tell anyone!!!
by Chris Halleron While the lines, camera crews and tour buses make us all fully aware of the presence of a certain bakery downtown, the…
DON’T TREAD ON… MY FLAG
(ABOVE: The Gadsden Flag flies proudly in Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ) by Christopher M. Halleron Goddamn, well I declare, have you seen the…